Table 5k lists 36 tools for which West Coast coastal region respondents were asked to rate their importance for planning practice, analysis, and research. The five tools with the highest percentage of very high or high importance ratings from respondents are:

Impervious Surface Analysis Tool (61%);

Coastal County Snapshots (61%);

Habitat Priority Planner1 (56%);

CanVis Visual Simulation (53%); and

Cumulative Impacts Model2 (52%).

The five tools with the highest percentage of low or very low importance ratings from respondents are:

Electronic Navigational Chart Handler (40%);

Practitioner's Toolkit for Marine Conservation Agreements (39%);

Multi-Purpose Marine Cadastre (37%);

Nautical Chart Viewer (37%); and

Historical Hurricane Tracks IMS (36%).

The five tools with the highest percentage of respondents rating the tool as "Not Applicable" are: